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Active Voice Passive voice Main subject not completing the action Doer is to at top of sentence The ball was thrown by the boy passive The boy threw the ball active DEAD VERBS TO BE VERBS. How To Craft an Anecdote. If you are going to try an anecdote in your essay, here are some of the common elements that my student used in hers–and you can use them in yours, too. My student:. told about one experience, which only lasted over the course of several minutes. Most anecdotes only capture a little moment in time.. Habakkuk 2:2-3 .  . Then the LORD answered me and said: “Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.. Prewrite/ Drafting = Outlining!. What is an outline?. A general description or plan for something. Examples: . Architects use blueprints BEFORE building a structure.. Chefs write out a menu BEFORE printing out the menu for the night .. Name Period Date . (Write this all on the bottom tab) . Memoir. 1. Written in 1. st. person point of view in a story form.. 2. Explores how a particular event or time period with a common theme influenced and affected the author. . Writing Scientific Abstracts. Abstract: What is the Purpose?. Scientific . abstracts:. . introduce. . journal articles. . inform. . readers about . the article’s . content. . help . readers decide . A “Fractal”. A set of “anything” that repeats, at several scales, big and small.. Fractals exist both “in the real world” and “in math” (which can represent and describe the entirety of all imagination, in at least one way). (WAC) Program in Collaboration with the Reading Effectively Across the Disciplines (READ) Program. October 22. nd. , 2013. 1. Designing Effective Assignments. Reading and Writing to Learn. 2. Writing as active reading. 2011. The Georgia Writing Exam. The exam. Students are given a writing situation and directions for writing, and must produce a persuasive essay.. Writing Situation. : Many factors come together for a student to be successful. Are parents or their children responsible for school success?. Are facts that are collected through the . 5. senses. . . Sensory Details. Use sensory . d. etails in writing to give the read a clear idea of what you are describing. . Example. What do you see? . discern main ideas and the evidence that supports them.. Discern=tell the difference. Evidence=facts that support. What are we going to . discern . today?. Discern main ideas and the evidence that supports them!. Discern=tell the difference. Evidence=facts that support. What are we going to discern today?. Discern main ideas and the evidence that supports them!. . It is important to discern main ideas in text and the evidence that supports them because it helps you identify the main ideas of what you read quickly.. To persuade (political cartoon, speech, essay, advertise, debate, editorial…). To entertain ( various). Describe (I think that descriptive . can . also be . informative). AUDIENCE. Your audience determines how you write. Know who your audience is so you can determine your strategy.. Purdue OWL staff Brought to you in cooperation with the Purdue Online Writing Lab Writing Scientific Abstracts Abstract: What is the Purpose? Scientific abstracts: introduce journal articles inform September 16. th. , 2014. Roy Rogers & . Justina. Oliveira. 1. Designing Effective Assignments. Overview of WAC Certification Process. 2. Fall semester:. Selected readings about WAC . pedagogy. Attend 4 WAC workshops.